| OLF legal moves possible |
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07-19-03
Washington Daily News
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| "We need to defend our property rights, and that's what this is about- our property rights," Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson said....(more) |
| EIS calls for OLF in Washington County (updated 4:40 p.m.) |
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07-18-03
Washington Daily News
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| Based on information the Navy has provided, the Daily News has learned that the final environmental impact statement on an outlying landing field calls for placement of an OLF in Washington County;...(more) |
| Is EIS almost O-U-T? |
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07-15-03
Washington Daily News
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| The Navy has two preferred locations for an OLF -- one in Washington County and one in Craven County. Both alternative sites border Beaufort County....(more) |
| ECU, NCSU to update study |
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07-06-03
Washington Daily News
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| Referring to concerns that the study could pave the way for an OLF at Beaufort County's border -- which many residents fear would prove devastating to the county's economic future -- Pate said, "When an issue gets emotional, (rumors) float around."...(more) |
| Destructive Airstrip |
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07-04-03
Living on Earth
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| The U.S. military now enjoys what is arguably its greatest public support in recent memory. But apparently, that hasn't made it easy for the Navy to find a home for a new practice runway for jet fighter pilots. The Navy is considering a site in rural NC....(more) |
| Letter to Virginia Governor Mark Warner from Natter, 6-20-2003 |
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06-20-03
No OLF News
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| Your insightful suggestion that the Army National Guard mission might be relocated to allow construction of an OLF within the Fort Pickett range, which would fully encompass the noise contours, warranted further consideration....(more) |
| Anti-OLF letter campaign renewed |
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06-05-03
Washington Daily News
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| Opponents of a proposed Navy outlying landing field at Beaufort County's border are organizing one last push to persuade Department of Navy officials that the site would be detrimental to the future of the county....(more) |
| National Defense - Collision Course - Fighters vs. fliers |
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06-01-03
National Audubon Society
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| The Navy agrees that birds are a hazard (at proposed site next to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge). In a draft environmental study released last year, it concluded that from October to April, pilots would face a "severe" risk of a bird strike....(more) |
| FEIS headed to D.C. |
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05-31-03
Washington Daily News
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| The final environmental impact statement regarding the basing of F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets on the East Coast of the United States was forwarded to the office of acting Secretary of the Navy Hansford T. Johnson on Friday, the Daily News learned....(more) |
| To the Editor: |
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05-30-03
Washington Daily News
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| To locate the OLF on or near Cherry Point is the most logical choice since Havelock did not exist when Cherry Point was built, beginning in late 1941, so the people who live there knew what they were getting into when they moved there....(more) |
| The Money Trail and the OLF |
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05-26-03
Albemarle Community Network
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| With OLF in NC, it is a safe bet Fentress will be closed. Land at Fentress without noise problems will become more valuable. The greatest beneficiaries of a new OLF those who are in a position to develop around a closed Fentress....(more) |
| Environmental assessment may be ready in June |
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05-22-03
Washington Daily News
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| An environmental assessment on possible MOA expansion may be released in late June, a military source has confirmed. If that release date is met, the MOA assessment will be made public as the Navy releases a final environmental impact statement on the OLF...(more) |
| Accidents will happen |
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05-21-03
Independent Weekly - Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill
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| With the withdrawal from Vieques, the Marines on May 6 began a new series of live-fire exercises. From a ship offshore, they lobbed explosive shells over the intracoastal waterway--and through civilian airspace--into a land target at Camp Lejeune....(more) |
| Safety Expert Objects to Location of Navy Landing Field |
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05-13-03
North Carolina Sportsman
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| North Carolina Sportsman Magazine joins with the N.C. Natural Resource Group in asking the Navy to remove Washington County as a potential jet training site.... there is no reason for pilots and a unique wildlife habitat to be placed in harm's way....(more) |
| Document on Super Hornets could go to Pentagon this week |
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05-13-03
Washington Daily News
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| The final environmental impact statement on the basing of F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets on the East Coast could go to the Navy secretary's office as early as this week, Navy officials told the Daily News Monday afternoon....(more) |
| Seeks consideration of OLF alternatives |
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05-10-03
Washington Daily News
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| Gov. Mike Easley has written a letter to Navy officials asking them to consider two sites for an outlying landing field in Eastern North Carolina that were not included in a draft environmental impact statement released in July 2002....(more) |
